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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

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Education in Gaol

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 2

Experiments in education are being conducted at the Pentridge gaol, in Victoria. About 50 youths attend the school. Their ages range from 17 to 23 years. The…

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Brutal Assault Man Set Upon in Park. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 3

Brutally assaulted in Centennial Park last night, Peter Patrick Gallagher, 34 laborer, of Brisbane street, Waverley, was seriously injured and later admitted to…

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Park Murder Young Married Man Arrested Police Hunt Ends Death of May Miller Stolen Motor Car As Clue. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 3

A man suspected of having murdered May Miller, also known as Iris Marriott, aged 30 years, in Queen's Park, Waverley, one of the Eastern…

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Portland Shooting Man Gives Himself Up Attempted Murder Charge Portland

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 3

William Green, for whom the police were searching in the bush, gave himself up about 5.30 p.m. yesterday. He walked in from the bush and asked a…

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POIGNANT Lismore Tragedy Letters Murder and Suicide Italian Man and Woman Taunted by Criticism. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 3

Apart from a vague mention of jealousy in a poignant farewell letter, signed by the two victims, the inquest held at Lismore this morning…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 4

There was on appearance at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning of Burno Bailey, 19, and Trevor Lauritzen, 19, to answer charges of haying been found…

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Early Morning Incidents Police Court Charges

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 3

Frank Dennis Piggott was charged at Grafton Police Court yesterday with having behaved in an indecent manner at the corner of Prince and Victoria streets,…

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Woman Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 2

Convicted at the Central Court to-day on a charge of vagrancy Mary Solomon, 43, was sentenced to three months gaol…

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Park Murder Craig Before Court Remanded Until January 17 SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 5

Under strong police guard, Erie Ronald Craig, 25, salesman, was charged at the Central Court this morning with having feloniously and maliciously murdered…

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Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 4

At the Grafton Small Debts Court yesterday, before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., an action was heard in which the City Motor Garage and Engineering Co., Ltd.,…

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Palings and Staves Alleged Xmas Eve Assault Four Accused Further Remanded

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 2

Further reference was made at the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., to the case in which William Laycock, 40, James…

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Escape From Gaol Two Prisoners Change Clothes Stole Bicycles. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 5

Ernest Deuneck, 24, and Charles Williams, 25. who escaped from Sale gaol on Saturday night displayed considerable daring…

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N.Z. Murder Maori Farmer Shot Dead. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 5

A murder was committed at Peketoko, near Haitaia, to-day the victim, being Hati Robson, a Maori, who was a dairy farmer. Police subsequently arrested an…

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RETIREMENT? C.J. Of High Court Rumor at Canberra Latham's Name Mentioned. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 5

Nothing is known officially in Canberra of a report that the Chief Justice, Sir F. Gavan Duffy, has applied for six months leave of absence,…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 4

Mr. John Cavanagh writes to say that the John Cavanagh, who was charged at the Grafton Police Court on Monday, with having driven a motor vehicle while…

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Conflict with Magistrate Seven Days for Contempt of Court. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 5

Declaring that he had been "framed" by the police, John Mills, 27, who appeared at the Bathurst Court on a charge of breaking and entering, came into…

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Miller Murder Inquest on January 20. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 5

The inquest on the death of May Miller, whose battered body was found in Queen's Park, Woollahra, on December 9, will be held on January 20…

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Clovelly Shooting Court in Hospital Ward. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 5

Following upon the shooting of three persons at Clovelly on January 5, John Joseph Dennett, who is in hospital suffering from a wound in the throat was…

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In Court Father and Son Collapse Milk Adulteration Charge. Ipswich

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 5

During the hearing of a case of alleged milk adulteration at the Ipswich Court, Cecil Mende, who was giving evidence on behalf of his father, collapsed in the…

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Dairy Transfer Refused by Milk Board Case for Full Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 5

After listening to submissions by counsel for Thomas Murray Shiel, of Camden, chat the Milk Board did not possess the power to refuse to grant a transfer of a…

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